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Jan 29, 2017 at 2:01 AM

Massage therapy clinic accepting appointments

PORTSMOUTH – The massage therapy clinic is open at Great Bay Community College’s Portsmouth campus. The public can make an appointment for a 55-minute massage provided by a student enrolled in the college’s massage therapy certificate program. Established as a learning facility, the massage therapy clinic offers a professional setting for students to practice proper techniques including Swedish massage, sports massage, myofascial release, acupressure and trigger point therapy under the supervision of an instructor.

Massage therapy has become integral to conventional health care and is frequently used in sports medicine, hospitals, physical therapy, physicians’ offices, as well as in the chiropractic offices, spa/resort settings, gyms, and acupuncture clinics. Massage therapy is a growing field with the Labor Board of Statistics predicting a 22 percent increase in jobs by 2023.

The cost of a 55-minute massage is $5 for Great Bay Community College students (with a valid student ID), $10 for college alumni and $30 for the general public. The clinic is located in room NW128 at Great Bay Community College’s Portsmouth Campus at the Pease Tradeport.

Cornerstone VNA offers grief support group

ROCHESTER — Cornerstone VNA will host an eight-week grief support group for adults. The goal of the group is to help individuals cope with feelings of grief, loss and sadness in a safe and caring environment.

The group will take place from 1 to 3 p.m. Mondays beginning Feb. 13 and will run through April 3 at Cornerstone VNA on 178 Farmington Road in Rochester. To register or for information, contact Nikki Hopewill, hospice bereavement and volunteer coordinator at NHopewill@cornerstonevna.org or 332-1133 Ext. 119.

Cornerstone VNA is a nonprofit home, health and hospice agency serving Rockingham, Strafford, Belknap and Carroll counties in New Hampshire and York County in Maine. The team at Cornerstone VNA provides skilled nursing, rehabilitative therapies, social work as well as volunteer and support services through five distinct programs: Home care, hospice care, palliative care, life care-private duty and community care. For more than 100 years, Cornerstone VNA has been committed to bringing services to people of all ages, so that families can stay together at home, even when facing the challenges of aging, surgical recovery, chronic or life-threatening illnesses or end of life care. To learn more about Cornerstone VNA, visit www.cornerstonevna.org or call (800) 691-1133.

Families First gets $5K grant for school-based dental program

PORTSMOUTH – The American Dental Hygienists Association’s Institute for Oral Health and its partner the Wrigley Company Foundation have awarded Families First Health & Support Center a $5,000 community service grant. This grant will be used for Families First’s school-based dental program, “Seacoast Healthy Grins.”

Families First Health and Support Center is a nonprofit community health center providing primary, prenatal, behavioral and oral health care; parent and family groups; one-on-one family support; and mobile health care. Learn more at 422-8208 or FamiliesFirstSeacoast.org.

Information on the ADHA Institute for Oral Health can be found at www.adha.org/institute-for-oral-health.

Give Kids A Smile Day to provide free dental care

EXETER — Core Pediatric Dentistry will be sponsoring a Give Kids A Smile event from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, at its office at 5 Hampton Road, Exeter, to provide underserved children with free dental services. Children ages 1-14 may be brought in by a parent or guardian without an appointment for free dental exams and cleanings.

Nearly one in four children ages 2 to 11 years old has untreated cavities in their baby teeth, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Many children enrolled in Medicaid receive no dental services throughout the year.

Give Kids A Smile is held by participating dental offices nationally to provide free, easily accessible dental services to qualifying individuals; to raise awareness about untreated dental disease occurring locally and nationally; and, to create local public and private partnerships to increase access to oral health care.

This is the second year the event has been hosted by Core Pediatric Dentistry. The American Dental Association (ADA) launched the Give Kids A Smile program nationally in 2003 as a way for dentists to join with others in the community to provide dental services to underserved children. Each year, about 350,000 to 400,000 children benefit from more than 1,500 events, all because of the efforts of 40,000 or more annual volunteers nationwide.

For information about this event, call Core Pediatric Dentistry at 773-4900.

For more information about Give Kids A Smile, visit http://www.ada.org/en/home-ada/public-programs/give-kids-a-smile.

Core Physicians, an affiliate of Exeter Hospital, is a community based multi-specialty group practice with more than 50 primary care providers and 60 specialists throughout the Seacoast. Core Physicians’ mission is to improve the health of individuals and families in the communities it serves. For information about Core Physicians, visit www.corephysicians.org or call 580-6668.

Foundation pledges three years of support to dental program

PORTSMOUTH — Families First Health and Support Center recently received a three-year grant worth a total of $60,000 from the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation’s Portsmouth Rehabilitation Center Fund. The grant will support ongoing services at the Dental Center in Portsmouth and the establishment of a weekly mobile dental clinic in Seabrook, scheduled to open early 2017.

The new clinic will be held in a dental van outside the new Community Action Program building in Seabrook. Families First will soon be opening medical offices in the building as well. Families First Health and Support Center is a nonprofit community health center providing primary, prenatal, behavioral and oral health care; parent and family groups; one-on-one family support; and mobile health care. Learn more at 422-8208 or FamiliesFirstSeacoast.org.

The New Hampshire Charitable Foundation was created in 1962 by and for the people of New Hampshire, and is dedicated to strengthening communities across the Granite State. The foundation manages a growing collection of 1,700 philanthropic funds created by generous families, individuals and businesses, and awards more than $30 million in grants and scholarships every year. The foundation invests charitable assets for today and tomorrow; works with generous and visionary citizens to maximize the power of their giving; supports critical work happening in New Hampshire communities and leads and collaborates on high-impact initiatives. For information, visit www.nhcf.org or call 225-6641.

Provident Bank supports school-based dental care

SEABROOK – The Provident Community Charitable Organization recently awarded a $5,000 grant to Families First Health and Support Center to provide oral health education, screenings and cleanings to students at Seabrook Elementary School and Seacoast Head Start. This is the 11th grant awarded through The Provident Bank’s charitable foundations to Families First, including four grants to the dental program in Seabrook.

The school-based program is designed to educate all children while identifying those with oral health needs that are not being addressed. During the 2015-2016 school year, the Seabrook dental program discovered that 21 percent of the children screened had a history of decay, and 11 percent had active decay at the time they were screened. To address these issues, Families First’s dental hygienist offered oral health education to 421 children in 22 classrooms and screened 253 students in Seabrook. Those with unmet dental needs were then offered in-school dental services and were referred to a dentist if needed. Services are also provided at Seacoast Head Start.

Families First partners with Lamprey Health Care to provide services at Seabrook Elementary.

Families First Health and Support Center provides primary, prenatal, behavioral and oral health care; parenting and family programs; one-on-one family support; and mobile health care. Learn more at 422-8208 or FamiliesFirstSeacoast.org.

The Provident Bank is an innovative, commercial bank that finds solutions for its business clients. It is committed to strengthening the economic development of the regions it serves, by working closely with businesses and delivering superior products and high-touch services to meet their banking needs. The Provident has offices in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. All deposits are insured in full through a combination of insurance provided by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Depositors Insurance Fund (DIF).

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